Wagon-standard.



watten-STANDARD.

State of Indiana, have invented' av new and useful agon-qtandard, of which the follow-v ing is a specification.

'l his invention relates to improvements in wagon standards that are adapted to be' se'- cured to theends of the bolsters or other parts of the running'gear, and serve to retain the load or the vehicle body centered relatively to the running gear, and it has for its object to provide an improved standard that may be manufactured cheaply and is capable of heilig easily applied to ,the vehicle, and

when in place it is "so reinforcedthat it is capable of withstamling strains acting invarious directions, so that the standard cannot/become broken or bent relatively to the bolster or other part supporting it.

To these and other ends, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and coml'iination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and' pointed out particularly in the ap )ended claims.

n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective viewl .of a wagonstandard constructed in accordance with the present invention.' Fig. i2 represents a `horizontal section through the upright.. Fig'. 3 represents a transverse section through the att ach. ing plate and the bolster' showing how the standard is secured thereto.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference. -Y

The standard shown'in the present elnbodiment of the invention is preferably made of a single piece of metal', such as a. casting of steel or malleable iron, or, if preferred, it may be made of a forging, and it comprises, inthe present instance, an attaching platel which 1s 'substantially flat on its under surface and adapted to lit the top of the bolster or other part to which it is to be attached, and proceeding from the oppositelongitudinal edges of the plate are a pair of centering lugs'or projections 2 and 3 which extend downwardly substantially at right anglesto the plane of the attaching plate and are adapted to engage the opposite longitudinal edges of the bolster at pomts adjacent to outer end. Toward the other end of the attaching plate are a 'pair'of attaching lugs t specification or Letters Patent.

and 5 which proceed edgewise from the pposite longitudinal edges of the platev and are' turnml substantially at'riglt angles thereto and engage the opposite edges of the bolster, these attaching lugs being preferably apertured to receive a suitable securing device that clamps them in coperative relation with the bolster and serves to prevent a relative transverse movement of the standard in a direction horizontally or vertically relatively to the bolster, a bolt 7 being shown in the present instance. r[he attaching plate may ire apertured to receive a suitable num# ber of securing screws S which enter the top of the bolster and serve to assistl the bolt 7 in holding the standard on the bolster.

Extending vertically from the attaching plate ata point adjacent to its outer end is an upright portion of' the standard, and this u right portion, m the present instance, is su stantially' T-shaped in cross section, that is to sa?. it embodies a set of three vertically" extending ribs 9, 10 and 11 which are arranged at ninety degrees relatively to one anotherthe ribs 9 and 11 beingin the same vertical plane while the rib 1() projects laterally from their outer surfaces and forms a. reinforcing flange or brace that serves to prevent relative bending movement ofthe upright in a direction transversely of the vehicle, while the forwardly and rearwardly di- .rected flanges formed by the ribs Qand 11 serve to reinforce the upright in a. direct/ion longitudinally of the vehicle.

In order to accommodate the extension standards or uprights, the rib 10 is provided with apertures 12 and -13 into which are tted rings 14 and 15.

As heretofore stated, the entire device can be made of malleable nie-tal, cast or for ed and it will thus be seen that after fasterung the plate. or base 1 upon a bolster, the lugs 2, 3, 4 and 5 can be bentl downward and inward against the side surfaces of the bolster, so as to insure a snug fit thereon. This can be conveniently done particularly il. view of the fact that -the lugs are spaced apart and each can therefore be bent independently of the others without danger of breaking.

A A standard constructed in accordance with the present invention may be manufactured and sold at small cost, for the reason that it may be readily cast in a single piece from steel or malleable iron, or any other suitable metal, and it may be readily litted to the upper surface of a bolster or other suitable.

, Unir/ED srATas 'PATENT OFFICE.' I

I kPatented s-ept.22,19os. Y. Afpiicaaon ated apra 29. 19o-i. serial Na. 310,911.'

part of the running gear without the necessity of removingfanypart of the vehicle, and when in position it cannot become displaced' or broken.v j

5 Importance is attached tothe fact that the plate 1 is flat and that the projections 2', 3, 4 and 5 are Vspaced apart anu extend `from the Vfaces of a bolster, fastening means extendlng 30 edges of the )late.' v YVitll this construction it. becomes 1possible vto readily appl}T the device to a'ho ster-whether or not the side faces thereof are irregular or rough. .\Ioreover, it 1s nnmaterlal whether ornot the end of the bolster 'is rounded orsquare'because the l device can be secured to veither form equally as well. I t ngillalso be noted that 'the rib 10 has a recess 1n itslongitudinal edge as indiz through and 'connecting the attaching ro- A Jeetlons; an upright integral wlth the ase and T-shaped 1n cross section, and rings plvv otally connected tothe upright, said upright having a recess for the reception of one of the 35 rings when in normal pos1t1on, the base having apertures adjacent its ends for the receptlon of securing means.,

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myoivn, I. have hereto affixed my signature 40 1n the presence of two witnesses.

WINFIELD W. MULLEN.

cated at 10.` The upper ring 14 is designed to norma-ll)v restJ Within this recess and does not therefore extend outward te 'a position 20 where it is liable to be inthe 'way when not in use. I Witnesses:

' What is c1aimed'is:- O. S. DUCKWALL,l A wagon` standard comprising a Hat C. M. MULLER.

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